Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oxaloacetic_acid

1 sense of oxaloacetic acid

Sense 1
oxalacetic acid, oxaloacetic acid -- (an acid formed by oxidation of maleic acid (as in metabolism of fats and carbohydrates))
       => acid -- (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)